Victims' families renew talk of compensation

Any sign of plane's failure could trigger lawsuits, 'regardless of whether our loved ones return'

The discovery of plane debris washed up on a remote island in the southern Indian Ocean has rekindled efforts by family members of passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines flight to seek greater compensation, aviation lawyers said.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March last year en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew members on board. No trace of the plane has been found, but the appearance of an object, identified by aviation experts as part of a wing, on the island of Reunion, east of Madagascar, could offer the first real clue.